Director Shareholding

Burberry Group PLC
14 June 2004


The following is an extract of the announcement made by GUS plc earlier today;

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a) DIRECTORS' INTERESTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE GUS PLC PERFORMANCE SHARE PLAN

In June 2001 the Company made awards under its Performance Share Plan to 
directors with such awards taking the form of a deferred right to acquire shares 
at no cost to the participant. The vesting of such awards is subject to 
performance conditions and the conditions in respect of this award have now been 
satisfied. Accordingly, on 11 June 2004, the following shares were transferred 
to directors of the Company who then sold them on that day at a price of 
842.071p per share:

John Peace  - 48,963 Ordinary shares 
David Tyler - 28,562 Ordinary shares


b) DIRECTORS' INTERESTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE GUS PLC CO-INVESTMENT PLAN

In accordance with the terms of The GUS plc Co-Investment Plan, the following 
directors have opted to defer receipt of their bonus for the year ended 31 March 
2004 and to invest it in Ordinary shares of 25p in the Company. The resulting 
increases in their interests in GUS shares and in their contingent interests in 
matching shares awarded in connection with this plan are as follows:


Name of director               Number of Ordinary shares                    Contingent interests in matching shares
                  Now acquired on behalf           Held after this       Now arising in respect        Held after this 
                       of director                   acquisition               of director             matching award   
                                                         
John Peace                49,045                       294,154                   166,256                    550,014 
                                                                                                                      
David Tyler               29,427                       182,893                   99,754                     323,863 


The purchase of the shares acquired on behalf of the directors was made on 
11 June 2004 at a price of 842.071p per share; the award of the matching shares 
was also made on 11 June 2004 by reference to a price of 842.071p per share. The 
release of these shares is deferred for three years and if the director resigns 
during the three-year period he will forfeit the right to the matching shares.

Following this notification, there are contingent awards held by directors under 
the terms of this plan in respect of 1,536,078 Ordinary shares of 25p in the 
Company.'


Accordingly, Burberry Group plc ('Burberry') wishes to announce changes in the
interests of two of its directors namely, John Peace and David Tyler, in the 
Ordinary shares, and the options to acquire such shares, of the GUS group, the 
majority shareholder of Burberry.

Burberry was notified by GUS plc of the changes in the above interests on 14 
June 2004.



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